New York University

I'm currently working on my MA in Art, Education & Community Practice at NYU Steinhardt.

Drawing on community organizing strategies and artistic activism, students are directly involved in putting ideas generated with the community into practice. This hands-on approach leads to a capstone project, which provides an opportunity to design and implement a community-based art project that allows for social transformation. In this program students assume major roles in changing the social, cultural, political, and economic landscape through their artistic practice.

This interdisciplinary program prepares students to work within community-based settings, museums, NGOs, or broader public and civic contexts to initiate social change through the arts.


One-Year Program with Small Classes
Classes are small and personal attention is given to each student throughout the duration of program, from initial advisement through completion of the master's final project. 


Investigate


  • What is artistic activism?
  • How is artistic activism similar to and different from social practice or socially engaged art?
  • What are the aesthetics and ethics of artistic activism?
  • How do we know when artistic activism is most effective, toward what ends?

Explore


  • Greenwich Village and New York City, the cultural capital of the world, including world renown museums such as The New Museum, MoMA, and the Whitney Museum, along with nearby galleries in the Lower East Side and Chelsea
  • A comprehensive curriculum in contemporary visual art, educational theory, and social activism that combines theory with practice
  • A flexible program of study that can be tailored to your interests

Collaborate


  • Work with practicing artists and educators in community-based and neighborhood settings around New York City
  • An internationally renowned and dedicated faculty from across New York University schools and programs
  • A richly diverse and multicultural community committed to social justice

Connect to Communities


Grounded in the work of critical educational theorists including Paolo Freire and bell hooks, this program supports artists and other publicly situated activists to connect visual strategies with the needs of a community. Students learn from artists who do socially engaged work, examining how art and design can open dialogue about a community’s history, culture, and social needs